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Clltheroe Advertisor&Tlmcs, Thursday, Aprlll, 2010 6 HOME & GARDEN jV’k'v f > f- I iS '- tr^ propertyt ■ t .<M" 10 I * 'S'!


|T.'.lt^ the carpet treatment for gardener Alan Trtchmarsh with wife Alison, ieft; whiie above he accompanies the :,


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of.Comwaii at the Ventnor Botanic ■ . - i -Garden on the Isle of Wight


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liserie's (Greenhouse Gardening, Climbers and Wall IShrub, Flowering Shrub, Growing Fruit, and Perennial: EGarden Plants) are out now ^ -


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Hampshire garden provides him with just that opportunity. ■


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. lines in the garden and my house lends itself to a bit of formality. -


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_ “My garden’s relatively formal.” he admits. “I like good -


“There’s quite a lot of clipped box and yew, but as you


get further away from the house it winds and wends and is more informal. • ■ \ :


“It has good hard lines, with overflowing borders with


perennials, lavenders and all kinds of plants. I do like order. I have to stop myself from having OCD blit within


hard lines I do like areas where plants can billow and bubble out.” : - v ; Alan sav« such rigid order has an extremely calming


effect on him. “The garden has always been an oasis:' "^ere are some great sweeps of lawn. I love lawn. I love • the moronic task of mowing and the fact that I know I'll have to do it again next week. It’s lovely that I can create > strips - it gives me a sense of order and calm.” The one-acre garden surrounds his old Georgian


farmhouse, where he lives with his wife, Alison, his cat. Spud, half-a-dozen chickens and six quails. He’s'tried to


create a garden that is in-keeping with the farmhouse, but not too regimented, he says.


- . '- i- ■ Local InsuranceiforitocallPeople^ Its crammed with sumptuous fruit and vegetables such^


as apple, pear and plum trees, and there is also a small v^ e^ le patch where the presenter grows onions, climbing French beans, courgettes, carrots and parsnips; _ I ve not gone to the point where I don’t have anything


in the garden which isn’t Georgian, but it does look •' comfortable with the house.”


ardening expert Alan Titchmarsh is a man who likes some order in his life - and away froin the hectic celebrity world of .TV presenting, his ■


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; Alan, 60, who has his own ITV to begin filming a new BBC serii has an even more important fami| growing several varieties of lilies wedding in July. Family is ali-important to the


season^ horticulturist, who dot on his two grown-up daughters, Polly and Camilla. “When you get to my time of li


you’ve worked out what’s really important to you and what you really love. I’m very close to my family. I’ve worked for 45 years now and been to a heck of a lot of places. I


' don’t think anything would persuade me to go and work abroad for three months. It just couldn’t match what I’ve got at home.” ■ Of course, with his busy TV schedule, hosting his own chat show, recently co-presenting Popster To


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‘When we moved from Barleywood.. this one’s ours. We’d had so’many years o


having camera crews in the:garden I felt thaf I owed it to myself afid to my family.’


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Stylish family residence


FOR sale witli Mortimers at £405,000 is 69 Rogersfield, Langho, a stylish detached. four-bedroom family home • with far-reaching countryside


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sually large lounge is flooded with natural light from the picture win­ dow. A focal point of this room is the beech fireplace with black granite inset and hearth enclosing a Living Flame gas fire;


in mind, this modem property is superbly appointed thrpughout. On the ground floor, the unu­


’ There is a separate room . Pendls ^ Prop«rtle» anderton bosonnef


views to the rear. , Designed with energy efficiency


for dining, again with a picture window, plus a conservatory with leaded light coloured upper glass panels and a sitting rooin/family room with a solid oak floor. The modem fitted kitchen has '


maple finish base and wall units, concealed lighting and a good


range of built-in appliances. This room is open onto a wel­ coming garden room with a gran-


■ ite-topped breakfast ban There are also a separate utility room and ground floor cloakroom.


. . Upstairs the master bedroom has a dressing area with built-in wardrobes and an en-suite shower room. The three remaining bed­


rooms are all nicely sized and ap­ pointed and there is also a study,


area off the landing with a built-in desk unit and broadband point. The four-piece family bathroom includes a shower cubicle with


: side jets and is wired for sound. Outside there are easily-man­


aged gardens to the front and rear, the latter mainly laid to lawn and with a flagged sun patio and excellent views.


ample parking and leads to the ' integral double garage, which also houses the boiler. For full details or to view, call 01254 825556. (wvw.mortimers-property.co.uk)


A double width driveway offers iPrlce'.


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